Just this past weekend, I was at Joanne Fabrics with my mother to pick up some fleece fabric for some blankets I am making for the holidays. Joanne Fabrics was pretty busy when I arrived and we waited 10 minutes in line to get our fabric cut. We were next in line and I had two card full of fabric for the sales associate to cut. As I hand her fabric she asks me how much of this print I would like and then she would proceed to cut the fabric and repeat the process with other 15 fleece prints I need to be cut. So, as she is cutting the fabric I am talking to my mom and the sales associate asks who am I making all these blankets for and my answer was, "I am donating them to the Childrens Hospital in Boston." A couple minutes go by and she asks me another question and the answer to this question hit home to the lady. She asked me what makes me want to donate these blankets to the Childrens Hospital. As I answer this I look at my mother for a couple of seconds and turn and replied, "Well, both my parents have been diagnosed with cancer and they are both survivors. And I know how much stress it brings on to the family and I know there is families out there that will be spending their holidays in the hospital so, why not give and think of the families that need it around this time of year."
Her head drop and my mother asks if she was okay. She nodded yes and carried on cutting my fabric while letting some tears drop. As she finishes, we say thank you and happy holidays and head to the register. As I am paying we noticed that the lady is crying into the manager arms. Next thing we know the manager comes up to the register and puts in a little code and says happy holidays and I see the discount and say thank you. The manager turns to me and goes, "No, thank you."
I felt so bad I mad the sales associate cry but by her crying kind of made me really realize how the little things you can do can touch someone.
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